3921) Appointment of new Director General, Plant Health

With effect from 1 Apr 2019, Dr Leong Chee Chiew is the Director-General, Plant Health under the National Parks Board. …

3922) Notification of revision of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Plant Protection Act and relevant notifications, G/SPS/N/JPN/438/Add.1

Notification of revision of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Plant Protection Act and relevant notifications, G/SPS/N/JPN/438/Add.1

3923) Argentina and Chile set a milestone with the application of the IPPC ePhyto solution

4 May 2020, Buenos Aires. Beginning Monday 4 May, the NPPOs of Argentina and Chile have removed the use of …

3924) Information on updates to GB plant health import requirements in November 2022

Information on updates to GB plant health import requirements in November 2022, as advised in WTO notification G/SPS/N/GBR/16.

3925) Absence of Tomato ringspot virus from Australia

There were two detections of Tomato ringspot nepovirus (ToRSV) in the 1980s from South Australia from a single plant of …

3926) Koster’s curse in Julatten, Queensland

Koster’s curse is a quick-growing invasive plant that has the ability to form dense thickets, smothering native vegetation and causing …

3927) Protocol for biological control agents

The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources conducts assessments for release of invertebrate or plant pathogenic biological control agents (which …

3928) Release of the ‘Final review of policy: Importation of potato (Solanum tuberosum) propagative material into Australia

DAFF has been working to improve the speed with which imports can be achieved to provide industry with access to …

3929) IPPC Recognizes World Wetlands Day

Photo Portland Bight, Jamaica. ©Ted Lee Eubanks This year, the IPPC would like to draw special attention to the celebration …

3930) Import ban of certain vegetables from Ghana

The import ban has been removed on the 31.12.2017